Combination music-cabinet and piano-case.



w. e. BETZ. COMBINATION MUSIC CABINET AND PIANO CASE.

*APPLICATION FILED AUG-29" I913.

Patented July 6, 1915.

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Beit known that: I, WILLIAM G. Bn'rz, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing; in Chicago, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Combination"Music-Cabinets and Piano-Cases, of which I the following is aspecification.

i I netbuiltthereinor therewith and easily ac- Y My inventionha's to dowith combinatio n pi-anofcases and music cabinets, being d1-" rectedmore'particularly to the provision of a piano casehavinga. so-calledmuslc cabicessible byfthe player from in front of, orwhen seated at,the'piano..- In connection with pianoplayers-and .also with the ordinarypiano, cabinets orshelves must usually beprovided ,fo'rstoring theplayer rolls or sheet-music but in; using such arrangements theplayer isusually forced to leave the -piano inordertoireach the rolls or music.'To. obviate this inconvenience jI-have pro-- vided. a soicalledmusiccabinet adapted to;

receive player rolls or. sheet music and have preferablypositioned thiscabinet in a place readilyaccessible by the player while seat- .edat'the piano, the cabinet being preferably placeddirectly beneath thetop of, the piano .andprovided with a door opening from the frontwherebyaccess thereto may be had.

' i- --For a better understanding of my invention. reference isto be hadto. the accompanying drawings in which like reference closed; Fig. "3shows the top part of the 7 ferred locationof the' so-called music cabicharacters indicate like parts and in which Figural is a faceview, ofone form of piano case embodying my invention; Fig. 2

is an end view of Fig. 1 showing the piano piano withthe music desk orfront panel open and with the doorof the music cabinetopen; Fig. 4showsapreferred manner of raising the top of the piano case and themusic cabinet so as to provide access tothe case interior; Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sec. tion along the line 5, 5, of-Fig. 2, showing theelongated music cabinet located directly beneath the top board of thecase; and Fig. -6 is a transverse section through the top portion ofFig. 2-showing the preferred construction of 'theca'se and cabinet.Referring now more in detail tothepreferred embodiment of. my invention,a standard form of piano case A is shown havingtheyusual top B, and}positioned directly beneath the, top" board B is the pre-Snecificationbf Letters Patent.

Application filed August29, 1913. Serial 0. 787,264.

' e tJ Ye19 net C. A music desk or front panel D is also shown althoughit is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the use of apivoted member D'as is shown in the preferred embodiment, The piano caseA is one of a standard construction except for the improvement as willbe hereinafter w more particularly pointed out, and the front panel Dis-mounted in a; customary manner between pilasters -1- secured to theend walls 2, said member '1); being supported by hingedmembers I i Inorder to provide a position for, the cabinet C, I preferably .arrangeachamber E between thetop of the.

readily} accessible I back frame F and the top B of the case.-

Any suitable cabinet or box-like structure for holdingthe music rolls,or sheet music may be providedand I have shown an elongated boxmemberhaving a back 4:, a bottom 5 and'endwalls 6, which members 4, 5and 6 are suitably secured preferably to the top B, by hinge members 11and hooks 12, although it is to be understood that I contemplatesupporting the cabinet. box in various ways, or accordingto the type ofpiano case employed.

At the front part ofjthe cabinet C and the case A, a door-7 .for thecabinet C is provided, this door being preferably hinged to r the top Bby means of hinges 8. The door 7 preferably extends-across thefront ofthe piano and rests against. the face "of theend walls 2 sofas tofurnish a good-appearance at the face of the piano although it is to beunderstood that this construction may be varied according to thedesignjof the piano caseem-ployed, As will be seeniin Fig. 6,. the door7 is preferably" arranged to" swing outwardly, being I pivoted f alongits upperedge, the dotted. lines in Fig. f 6. indicating the openposition of the said door 7. I also preferably provide bracket'members Gfor the purpose of holding the door 7 open so that the player may haveaccess to the cabinet 0 without having to open the door 7 each time itis desiredtoremove or replace movement of the dooris against'ithetensionof the spring bracket G. But after the door 6. Likewise Whentheplayerdesiresto close the door, the initial closing movement isagainst the tension of thespring bracket G until a point near theclosing positionthereofjis reached atvvhich timethe. member G again actsto yieldingly hold the door 7 closed. This formflof bracket is standardand soWellknoWn'I do not believe it necessary to illustrateit in detail,and although- I contemplate using a' bracket of this charthe door7yvh'ereby it may be opened, I pref= v erably arrange a groove portion?against ,2

} fingers oi the player may be inserted into the groove 7- to move-thedoor T outwardly.

a'cter, itis to be understoodthat this is not. essential and may bedispensed with if de-.

sired. v p or v V i In order to provide a means for-grasping which themusic desk D restsvvhen in its closed position, and in order to "openthe door 7' the panel D is first openedwhen the In this "Way itisunnecessary forthe opera= tor to touch the face-of the door 7 inopening' it. Itis to be understood ofcourse, that this is the preferredconstruction, although asalreadypointed out,certain of these details maybe varied depending, upon the' style and construction ployed.

of the piano case emlnorder -O vid access to the interior 0fbracket'members 10,-as'is' shovvnin Fig.4 Thus Whfl it is desired to'WOIkfit' the inte- I 40 It Will be'apparentfromtheforegoing"Copiesofthispatentmaybe obtained: for five cent's each,by-addressing'the Commissioner oi'latents, i i i washin'gtomnfifi t ofthe piano case as is necessary at times, I v preferably hinge thecabinet C and attached board B at 9 so that theymay be simultaneously;lifted upwardly andpheld by means rior ofthe piano-case it is onlynecessary to push the .top' b oard Bupward ly Without removing any'ofthe' matter -vvhich may be in T the ca'binet'fand th'e cabinetand'to'piboard are held in an open position by the brackets 105 If it isdesired: to open the cabinetfor cleaning or otherwise,;it is"onlynecessary to unlatch end hooks 12*and-liftthe F P B,

that the combined piano case and so-called music; cabinetfare so'constructedthata player sitting before the piano has ready 7 access tothe cabinet for the purpose of removing or replacing music rolls orsheet music Without necessitating leaving the w piano seat, at the sametime providing a comparatively cheap storage receptacle,and one whichdoes not require any additional floorspace. i 7, i

Although in illustrating my invention 11,-? have choscn'a certain formof construction, -I contemplate applying it in other ways 1 thanthat'shown as it Will be apparent that" my invention maybe readily applied tov difi'erentdesigns of piano cases and thereif J fore-I do notdesire tobe limited to the exact 65,; structure'as-shown and described but aimftocover all that which comes Within the spirit-P 1' and scope-oftheappendedclaims. V I l aim -116W and desire to secure-L" i1 v by UnitedStates Letters Patent is;

1. A combination piano case and music:{ y f:

cabinet comprising an-upright piano case V V v r. having a'front pan'elpivotally supp'o'rtedatfi 1 L. its sides,a musiccabinet positionedimmediif 1 ately; beneath the top ofthecase, apiv'otally f K hung frontdoorforthe music; cabinet hav 4 ing its lower end overlapping--the frontif" A; panel "whereby when the- ,front-panelflis drawn out at; itsbottom onitspivot anyopen 1L; ing between the overlapping "portionsoff*"f the doorand panels caused vvhereby the}; F

door maybe grasped to'beopened A v c 2; A combination 'piano case andmusic j cabinet comprising an upright'case, a rigid 3'16? top having anoverhanging frontedgm'ia Q1 music cabinet positioned innnediately below,v the top and pivotally connected thereto at the rear thereof, a frontdoor for the cabinet pivotally hungfrom theunder side ofkthe front-edgeof the top and having its' lower ;9 edge overlapping the front panel 3oi the case," i byme at Chicago, county of- Cook 1 x Signed and State ofIllinois,fin'the presence of-t case. I I .C i G. BET Witnesses: a iCLAUDE F. SMITH, O. B. SCnRAM; V

